It’s not often a story on a destination spa would start with the food, but in the case of The Lodge at Woodloch, the culinary experience is just the beginning of the superior offerings guests can expect of this property located in Hawley in the Lake Region of northeast Pennsylvania.

For 25 years, Swain Tours has packaged customized, luxury travel all around the globe, specializing in unique vacation experiences in some of the world’s most exotic locales and offering personalized service that’s won accolades from its travel agent clientele.

Picture a place where sunsets swallow up the horizon like an endless panoramic caldron pouring molten colors of orange and red to douse out the daytime, and where the vast windswept and empty landscapes grudgingly give up space to herds of thousands of sheep and the occasional small group of cattle, all sharing the bounty of its grassy plains, while the coastal shores embrace armies of penguins, sea lions and seals.

At about 80 percent occupancy right after the crazy-busy holiday rush that included a for-the-books New Year’s celebration, Esperanza, an Auberge Resort is still quiet and calm, perfectly encapsulating the Cabo experience: rocky shores jutting off deep-blue waters, date palm trees mixed in with prickly cacti and nonstop sun shimmering off of everything.